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Foods to avoid for high cholesterol
High Cholesterol
Cause
High cholesterol may run in your family. The foods you eat may also cause high cholesterol. Causes include:
What you eat. Eating too much saturated fat can cause high cholesterol. You will find this unhealthy fat in foods that come from animals. Beef, pork, veal, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese contain saturated fat. Packaged foods that contain coconut oil, palm oil, or cocoa butter may have a lot of saturated fat. You will also find saturated fat in stick margarine, vegetable shortening, and most cookies, crackers, chips, and other snacks.
Your weight. Being overweight may increase triglycerides and decrease HDL.
Your activity level. Lack of physical activity, which may increase LDL and decrease HDL.
Your age and gender. After you reach age 20, your cholesterol levels naturally begin to rise. In men, cholesterol levels generally level off after age 50. In women, cholesterol levels stay fairly low until menopause, after which they rise to about the same level as in men.
Your overall health. Having certain diseases, such as diabetes or hypothyroidism, may cause high cholesterol.
Your family history. If family members have high cholesterol, you may also.
Cigarette smoking. Smoking can lower your good cholesterol.
In rare cases, high cholesterol is caused by an inherited problem called a lipid disorder that changes the way the body handles cholesterol. People with lipid disorders may have total cholesterol levels well over 250 milligrams per deciliter. Certain types of inherited lipid disorders may be more difficult to treat.
Eating saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels in the blood. Saturated fat is found in animal foods and some plant foods.
Cholesterol comes from animal products. Many foods contain both saturated fat and cholesterol. Food labels contain information about fat and cholesterol content. It is recommended that you:
Foods to avoid for hgh cholestrol
Avoid saturated fat and oils, such as butter, bacon drippings, lard, palm oil, and coconut oil. Palm and coconut oils are often found in processed foods. Replace these with soft tub margarine or vegetable oils, such as olive, safflower, soy, corn, canola, or peanut oil.
Limit trans fatty acids or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, such as those found in hard margarines, snack crackers, cookies, chips, and shortenings. Hydrogenation is a process that makes the fat solid or semisolid.
Limit fatty meats such as corned beef, pastrami, ribs, steak, ground meat, frankfurters, sausage, bacon, and processed meats like bologna. Limit high-cholesterol organ meats (liver and kidney) and egg yolks. Replace with skinless chicken or turkey, lean beef, veal, pork, lamb, fish, and meatless main dishes including beans, peas, pasta, or rice.
Limit servings of meat, poultry, and fish to 2 oz(56.7 g) to 3 oz(85.1 g) (a serving is about the size of a deck of playing cards), twice a day, or no more than 5 oz(141.8 g) per day.
Limit milk products that contain more than 1% milk fat, such as cream, most cheeses, and nondairy coffee creamers or whipped topping (which often contain coconut or palm oils). Replace with skim or low-fat milk (0% to 1% fat) and low-fat cheeses that contain fewer than 3 grams of fat per ounce.
Limit snack crackers, muffins, quick breads, croissants, and cakes made with extra fat, saturated or hydrogenated fat, whole eggs, or whole milk. Replace with low-fat baked goods and use the spreads lightly.
Instead of using butter or margarine on bread, try dipping it in olive oil.
Avoid fast foods (such as hamburgers, fries, fried chicken, and tacos), which are high in both total fat and saturated fat. When you eat out, choose broiled sandwiches or chicken without skin, salads with low-fat dressing, and foods that aren't fried. Ask the server to leave off the cheese and high-fat dressings like mayonnaise.
High Cholesterol
Cause
High cholesterol may run in your family. The foods you eat may also cause high cholesterol. Causes include:
What you eat. Eating too much saturated fat can cause high cholesterol. You will find this unhealthy fat in foods that come from animals. Beef, pork, veal, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese contain saturated fat. Packaged foods that contain coconut oil, palm oil, or cocoa butter may have a lot of saturated fat. You will also find saturated fat in stick margarine, vegetable shortening, and most cookies, crackers, chips, and other snacks.
Your weight. Being overweight may increase triglycerides and decrease HDL.
Your activity level. Lack of physical activity, which may increase LDL and decrease HDL.
Your age and gender. After you reach age 20, your cholesterol levels naturally begin to rise. In men, cholesterol levels generally level off after age 50. In women, cholesterol levels stay fairly low until menopause, after which they rise to about the same level as in men.
Your overall health. Having certain diseases, such as diabetes or hypothyroidism, may cause high cholesterol.
Your family history. If family members have high cholesterol, you may also.
Cigarette smoking. Smoking can lower your good cholesterol.
In rare cases, high cholesterol is caused by an inherited problem called a lipid disorder that changes the way the body handles cholesterol. People with lipid disorders may have total cholesterol levels well over 250 milligrams per deciliter. Certain types of inherited lipid disorders may be more difficult to treat.
Eating saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels in the blood. Saturated fat is found in animal foods and some plant foods.
Cholesterol comes from animal products. Many foods contain both saturated fat and cholesterol. Food labels contain information about fat and cholesterol content. It is recommended that you:
Foods to avoid for hgh cholestrol
Avoid saturated fat and oils, such as butter, bacon drippings, lard, palm oil, and coconut oil. Palm and coconut oils are often found in processed foods. Replace these with soft tub margarine or vegetable oils, such as olive, safflower, soy, corn, canola, or peanut oil.
Limit trans fatty acids or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, such as those found in hard margarines, snack crackers, cookies, chips, and shortenings. Hydrogenation is a process that makes the fat solid or semisolid.
Limit fatty meats such as corned beef, pastrami, ribs, steak, ground meat, frankfurters, sausage, bacon, and processed meats like bologna. Limit high-cholesterol organ meats (liver and kidney) and egg yolks. Replace with skinless chicken or turkey, lean beef, veal, pork, lamb, fish, and meatless main dishes including beans, peas, pasta, or rice.
Limit servings of meat, poultry, and fish to 2 oz(56.7 g) to 3 oz(85.1 g) (a serving is about the size of a deck of playing cards), twice a day, or no more than 5 oz(141.8 g) per day.
Limit milk products that contain more than 1% milk fat, such as cream, most cheeses, and nondairy coffee creamers or whipped topping (which often contain coconut or palm oils). Replace with skim or low-fat milk (0% to 1% fat) and low-fat cheeses that contain fewer than 3 grams of fat per ounce.
Limit snack crackers, muffins, quick breads, croissants, and cakes made with extra fat, saturated or hydrogenated fat, whole eggs, or whole milk. Replace with low-fat baked goods and use the spreads lightly.
Instead of using butter or margarine on bread, try dipping it in olive oil.
Avoid fast foods (such as hamburgers, fries, fried chicken, and tacos), which are high in both total fat and saturated fat. When you eat out, choose broiled sandwiches or chicken without skin, salads with low-fat dressing, and foods that aren't fried. Ask the server to leave off the cheese and high-fat dressings like mayonnaise.
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